Friday, 10 February 2017

MAX

Don't ask where the locomotive series are....? I continue to go where the mood takes me. So I'm painting my grandson-in-law, Max: the Australian who married my best friend/granddaughter Giselle!

Why I've gone for a massive canvas (36 inch x 28 inch) I don't know ... wanted to bring a bit of drama into things and slosh some oils about.


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It began formally but the brushes took over and the hood began to appear! Not sure where this one's going ... only that it's going to be in mono .... but who knows it could end up anywhere!


Just had a few days up in the mountains of North Wales - reminds me of Austria.
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15 comments:

  1. hmuxo10 February 2017 at 16:31

    Excellent portrait John...I would love to see this finished..keeping in mono would be very interesting...great expression. I also re-visited your new blog....your work is absolutely amazing....

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    1. Gatepost productions12 February 2017 at 10:39

      Thanks, Hilda. I loved your portrait of the racehorse

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  2. Valerie-Jael11 February 2017 at 00:03

    Lovely painting, I though you had disappeared! Cold and snowy here, it's winter again. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie

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    1. Gatepost productions12 February 2017 at 10:41

      Thanks, Valerie, long way to go on it yet.

      I n=ever vanish .... I do get lost at times though.

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  3. juliefordoliver.blogspot.com11 February 2017 at 03:15

    What a wonderful, expressive face Max has. Was it hard to do the mouth? It looks as if it is moving. Great job! I am looking forward to seeing what more you do to it.
    I can relate to the comparison of areas of North Wales and Austria.. I find different counties have very similar terrain to areas of the USA, but the architecture is what it different. Parts of India even had the same cactus and colored soil as New Mexico. Wonderful world.

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    1. Gatepost productions12 February 2017 at 10:54

      Max is the ideal sitter: he's an artist, very tall dark and handsome and can grow a beard in a week. His grandfather was a full aborigine.

      The mouth is a bit skewed at the moment, but as you (and Singer Sargent) warned me of mouths (and eye shape), I try hard in those areas.

      When I used to come home from the deserts of the Middle East, it was always the greens that amazed me as we broke through the clouds.

      Really loved that last 'egg' painting of yours.... mind blowingly brilliant

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    2. juliefordoliver.blogspot.com12 February 2017 at 18:16

      Hope you don't ruin the mouth...I was paying a complement. ..it is so hard to get them to look natural like that.

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    3. Gatepost productions13 February 2017 at 01:37

      I took it as a compliment, and meant that you made me aware of the mouth problem ages ago when I was starting portraits and I took the advice :)

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  4. Judy11 February 2017 at 04:07

    His expression is great, John!

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  5. MYSTELIOS 13 February 2017 at 00:37

    Very wonderful and expressive portrait !!!

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  6. Gatepost productions13 February 2017 at 01:34

    Thank you, AT

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  7. Sandra Busby13 February 2017 at 06:28

    Where's the Locomotive series John? ;0)
    I've been to Wales and Austria, so I know what you mean... They do have a similar feel... Meanwhile, I'm liking your mono portrait. I'm looking forward to seeing how it evolves! :0)

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    1. Gatepost productions15 February 2017 at 05:17

      You little divil :)

      Love your new blog ... with time-delay videos .... so professional. It does credit to your wonderful paintings

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  8. Rita Vaselli16 February 2017 at 12:38

    I love this unfinished style...more alive,less formal...true. A big development of your art,my dear John. Congratulations for your great willing to improve your art skill day after day!!!

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